Medical research
New vaccine production could improve flu shot accuracy
A new way of producing the seasonal flu vaccine could speed up the process and provide better protection against infection.
Jul 24, 2017
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News tagged with chicken eggs
Medical research
Chicken eggs could provide low-cost opportunities for cancer imaging research
In a paper published in npj Imaging, King's researchers have assessed the use of fertilized chicken eggs as an alternative model that can resolve both ethical and economic issues for preclinical cancer research.
Jan 4, 2024
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Immunology
Children with egg allergies can safely receive flu vaccine, study says
Egg allergic children, including those with a history of anaphylaxis to egg, can safely receive a single dose of the seasonal influenza vaccine, according to a new study from the University of Michigan.
Jan 22, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Netherlands bans poultry transport after discovering bird flu (Update)
Dutch officials on Sunday banned the transport of poultry in the Netherlands after the discovery of a highly infectious strain of bird flu which could jump to humans.
Nov 16, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Bird flu found on South Dakota egg-laying chicken farm (Update)
An eastern South Dakota farm with 1.3 million egg-laying chickens is the first in the chicken-production business in the state to be infected with a deadly flu virus despite efforts to prevent it, state and farm officials ...
May 14, 2015
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Cardiology
Congenital heart defects could have their origin during very early pregnancy
The origins of congenital heart defects could be traced right back to the first stages of embryonic development, according to University of East Anglia (UEA) research.
Dec 13, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
USDA: Bird flu vaccine works on chickens; testing on turkeys
Scientists have developed a vaccine strain that has tested 100 percent effective in protecting chickens from bird flu and testing is underway to see if it also protects turkeys, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told ...
Jul 23, 2015
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Health
Mexico scrambles to cope with egg shortage
(AP)—The Mexican government is battling an egg shortage and hoarding that have caused prices to spike in a country with the highest per-capita egg consumption on Earth.
Aug 24, 2012
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Health
National warning on backyard chooks after salmonella outbreaks
The Food Safety Information Council today issued a national warning to people with backyard chickens to always wash their hands after handling the chickens or their eggs following salmonellosis outbreaks in Victoria and Queensland.
Jul 9, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mexico destroys 8 mn chickens amid bird flu outbreak
Eight million chickens have so far been slaughtered in Mexico and 66 million more were vaccinated in a bid to contain a bird flu outbreak in the west of the country, authorities said Tuesday.
Aug 8, 2012
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